The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-29
PENSIONS FOR COSFEDEEATE
SOLDIERS.

PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS.
Synopsis Of the Bill Passed by the
Legislature.
l. Pension of S. month to bona
fde soldiers and sailors in either
State or Confederate States service
during the late war, and who while
in such service have lost leg or
arr. or received any wound causing
q permanent disability incapacitat;ng
them for earning livelihood. Nei-
ther the pensioner nor his wife must
be in possession of an income e1-
ceeding $3.50 per annum.
2. To obtain the benefits of the
Act the applicant must make appli-
cation in writing to the Comptroller
General setting forth IN detail the
nature of the disabling wound; the
company and regiment, or battalion,
in which he served, and the time and
place Of receiving the wound and
showing that neither himself nor his
wife is in receipt of income as here.
inbefore specified. Such application
must be verified by the oath of the
applicant, accompanied by the afida-
Wit of one or m.'e credible witnesses
stating that they know the applicant
was a soldier or sailor and believe
the allegations made in the applica-
tion to be true The application
must also be verified by the County
Auditor without cbarge) as to the in
come of the applicant. By income
is meant salary or wages or moneys
from any other source. The appli-
cant must also procure the affidavit
of two reputable physicians of the
county in which he resides, showing
that they made personal examina.
ton of the applicant and setting forth
the nature Of the alleged wound and
the extent of the disability thereby
caused and such other details as, in
their judgment. may be relevant to
the application
3. The application and accompa-
nying papers must be submitted to
the Clerk of Court of the county in
which the applicant resides, who
must (without fee or charge) certify
under bis official seal that he knows
the parties whose names are sub.
scribed to the several affidayits Cor
that upon inquiry he believes them)
to be citizens Of the county and State
and worthy of belief; that the ply
sicians are in good standing and reg
ularly authorized to practice in tho
said county, and that in his judg-
ment the application should be
granted. Or, if he shall find other.
wise, he shall so endorse upon the
said application, together with any
matter known to him or found by
him revelant to the case"
4. The papers, having been com
pleted thus far, are TO be forwarded
to 1.-The Comptroller General. who
with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of State, shall constitute
Board to approve or disapprove such
applications, any two of whom shall
have authority to act. If the said
Board or any two of them shall ap-
prove the applications they shall so
endorse thereon, and it shall there
upon be the duty Of the Comptroller
General to issue to tue party entitled
to receive the same his warrant for
the sum of FIVE dollars, on the last
day of each month. beginning from
the date of said approval and contin-
uiDg until the last day of the follow
ing October, or until informed of the
death of the party, which said war
rants shall be paid by the Treasurer
on presentation
5. Widows of Confederate soldiers
and sailors may receive the same
pension under the following condi
tions: The husband must have lost
his life while in the service; she
must be unmarried. and subject to
the same conditions as to property
and income as hereinbefore provided,
and may make her application set.
ting forth in detail the facts which
entitle her to make such claim, and
verified by affidavits and certificates
hereinbefore provided, except the af.
fdavits of physicians.
The remaining sections of the bill
make provisions for carrying it into
effect.
1st., The Comptroller General is
required to prepare and print the
necessary forms of applications, GER
tifcates, afhdavits, &C., and to dis
tribute them in the several counties.
2nd. The shaving or speculation
in pension papers is made misae-
meanor. Maximum penalty 500 fine
or thirty days Imprisonment or both
in the discretion of the court.
Sd. The Clerks Of the Courts in
the various counties are to keep a
rcord of all the applications endorsed
by them, "and any person having
had his claim approved by the Board,
during the month of November in
each succeeding ye : will report
himself to the Clerk of the Court of
his county and obtain from him a
certificate that he or she is the iden.
tical party named in the original ap-
plication, and is still entitled to re-
ceive the benefits of this Act. Such
certificate shall be forwarded to the
Comptroller General, and with the
approval of the aforesaid Board the
Comptroller General shall continue
the payments hereinbefore provided,
until the 31st day of October follow.
ing, or until notified of the death of
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